Technoavia SM-92 Turbo Finist crash, Aug 29, 2015, Casale...
Technoavia SM-92 Turbo Finist accident on August 29, 2015 near Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: ANSV (as cited by BAAA):...
- Date: August 29, 2015
- Aircraft: Technoavia SM-92 Turbo Finist
- Location: Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: ANSV (as cited by BAAA): engine failure caused by loss of connection in the power module between the quill shaft and the PT shaft, with contributing factors including the operator's continuing airworthiness oversight, inaccurate engine life monitoring data, gaps in the national skydiving regulation and the absence of adequate paratrooper retention devices.
A Technoavia SM 92 Turbo Finist on a local skydiving sortie, its 13th of the day, carried 11 people from Casale Monferrato. Shortly after rotation the engine failed, and the aircraft continued in a flat attitude, hit a hedge and trees and came to rest 300 metres past the runway end. All 11 occupants were injured, some seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed; the Italian ANSV attributed the failure to a loss of connection in the engine power module.